OSACOMPILE(1) BSD General Commands Manual OSACOMPILE(1)
NAMEosacompile -- compile AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts
SYNOPSISosacompile [-llanguage] [-ecommand] [-oname] [-d] [-rtype:id] [-ttype] [-ccreator] [-x] [-s] [-u]
[-aarch] [file...]
DESCRIPTIONosacompile compiles the given files, or standard input if none are listed, into a single output script.
Files may be plain text or other compiled scripts. The options are as follows:
-llanguage
Override the language for any plain text files. Normally, plain text files are compiled as
AppleScript.
-ecommand
Enter one line of a script. Script commands given via -e are prepended to the normal source, if
any. Multiple -e options may be given to build up a multi-line script. Because most scripts use
characters that are special to many shell programs (e.g., AppleScript uses single and double
quote marks, ``('', ``)'', and ``*''), the command will have to be correctly quoted and escaped
to get it past the shell intact.
-oname
Place the output in the file name. If -o is not specified, the resulting script is placed in the
file ``a.scpt''. The value of -o partly determines the output file format; see below.
-x Save the resulting script as execute-only.
The following options are only relevant when creating a new bundled applet or droplet:
-s Stay-open applet.
-u Use startup screen.
-aarch
Create the applet or droplet for the specified target architecture arch. The allowable values
are ``ppc'', ``i386'', and ``x86_64''. The default is to create a universal binary.
The following options control the packaging of the output file. You should only need them for compati-bility compatibility
bility with classic Mac OS or for custom file formats.
-d Place the resulting script in the data fork of the output file. This is the default.
-rtype:id
Place the resulting script in the resource fork of the output file, in the specified resource.
-ttype
Set the output file type to type, where type is a four-character code. If this option is not
specified, the creator code will not be set.
-ccreator
Set the output file creator to creator, where creator is a four-character code. If this option
is not specified, the creator code will not be set.
If no options are specified, osacompile produces a Mac OS X format script file: data fork only, with no
type or creator code.
If the -o option is specified and the file does not already exist, osacompile uses the filename exten-sion extension
sion to determine what type of file to create. If the filename ends with ``.app'', it creates a bun-dled bundled
dled applet or droplet. If the filename ends with ``.scptd'', it creates a bundled compiled script.
Otherwise, it creates a flat file with the script data placed according to the values of the -d and -r
options.
EXAMPLES
To produce a script compatible with classic Mac OS:
osacompile -r scpt:128 -t osas -c ToyS example.applescript
SEEALSOosascript(1), osalang(1)
Mac OS X November 12, 2008 Mac OS X

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